Example sentences of "do [adv] he [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In doing so he departed from the precedent set by many of the best known formula constructors , including Flesch and Dale . |
| 2 | In doing so he conceded to a key opposition demand and thereby appeared to have ended an opposition boycott of the legislature which had been called to protest against the government 's decision in early 1992 to postpone local elections . |
| 3 | Just as Tite himself , it occurs to me , is going to be doing when he goes into the witness-box at Summerchild 's inquest later that summer and tells the Coroner — I turn back in my file to the copy I took of the cutting — that Summerchild was working on conditions of employment in the Civil Service at the time of his death . |
| 4 | Initially reluctant to tackle the area of post-war policy ( doubtless with thoughts of Lloyd George 's empty words of a quarter-century previously ) , when he did so he insisted on a full-blooded promise over the opposition of many in his party and administration . |
| 5 | He concluded the dance with a double spin , springing sideways in the air and kicking his feet sharply together and as he did so he landed in a heap on the bed . |
| 6 | As he did so he moved in the dreamy way of a man in a state of shock . |
| 7 | Off the field , he conducted himself with the same composure and dignity as he did whenever he pulled on the white shirt of England or the claret and blue of West Ham . |
| 8 | Then why the hell did n't he knock on the door ? |
| 9 | ‘ Then why did n't he go to the police if he had ? ’ |
| 10 | " Why did n't he go to the bottom ? " |
| 11 | Why did n't he go with the swimmers if he 's not doing anything ? ’ |
| 12 | Did n't he lean on the window sills towards the end ? |
| 13 | Secondly , when readers complain about the lives of writers — why did n't he do this ; why did n't he protest to the newspapers about that ; why was n't he more involved in life ? — are n't they really asking a simpler , and vainer , question : why is n't he more like us ? |
| 14 | ‘ If he was following us , ’ I said , ‘ why did n't he stay in the car ? ’ |
| 15 | left them up , left them up or something I do n't He said on the night he 'll have to come again and have a look at it . |
| 16 | Presently Flavia said , ‘ Does n't he come out with you , does n't he come to the island ? ’ |
| 17 | This has often been criticised because we are told that in drawing an analogy we normally know ‘ both sides ’ that we are comparing ( eg ‘ does n't he look like a horse ? ’ , where we can look at both and judge ) , whereas in this case we can only look at one side , the object that we are comparing with God . |